The ex-fiancee of accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff will always love the man she once knew, her lawyer said Tuesday — but he added that Megan McAllister found emerging details of the case “disturbing.”
“I think she will always support the person she knew and that she loved. I think there will always be a part of her that loves that person,” attorney Robert Honecker told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira from Freehold, N.J.
Honecker’s client, Megan McAllister, had been looking forward to a wedding to Markoff on the Jersey Shore this summer when the former medical student was arrested on charges of robbing, assaulting and murdering a woman he lured to a Boston hotel on the pretext of purchasing sexual services.
Moving on
Police say that Markoff, who is suspected of at least one other attack in Boston and another in Rhode Island, met the women through personal ads he placed on Craigslist.
McAllister, 23, saw Markoff in late April, 10 days after he was arrested as a suspect in the April 14 murder of Julissa Brisman, 25, of New York City. She visited him in jail again in June, but by that time had already called off the wedding.
Now McAllister is moving on with her life, Honecker said, preparing to attend a medical school in the Caribbean.
She also cooperated with the grand jury that handed down a formal indictment. Markoff pleaded not guilty Monday to seven charges, including kidnapping, armed robbery and weapons violations.
Shocking details
McAllister had initially supported Markoff, saying that the man she knew was not the type who would commit such crimes. Honecker told Vieira that McAllister was shocked at some of the details of the crimes outlined by prosecutors at Markoff’s arraignment.